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Provost Packers Ltd

LMIA employer · Provost, Alberta

Province or territory
Alberta
City
Provost
Positions on positive LMIAs
11
Periods listed
7
First and latest list
2015 · 2025 Q2
Positions11to 2025 Q2
Year by year
Data as at ESDC lists to 2026 Q1
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Positive LMIAs

Each row is one line of an ESDC quarterly or annual list: approved positions for a stream, occupation and work location.

Approved positions by year

23201520162019202120222025
23201520162019202120222025
Data table
20153
20162
20191
20211
20223
20251

Occupations

Approved positions by NOC 2021 unit group (older lists mapped from NOC 2011 with the Statistics Canada concordance).

Positions by occupation
  1. Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale6
  2. Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers1
  3. Labourers in food and beverage processing1
Main occupation
65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale
Its share of this employer's positions
54.5%
Streams used
Low-wage stream (TFWP)

Negative LMIAs

A negative LMIA means ESDC assessed that hiring a temporary foreign worker for that job would likely have a negative effect on the Canadian labour market (for example, because qualified Canadians were available or wages were below the prevailing rate). It is not a finding of wrongdoing.

PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Requested positions
2019 Q1Low Wage6331 Butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale1
Positions on negative LMIAs
1
Share of all listed positions that were positive
91.7%

Wages for Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 65202).

Median wage, Alberta
C$20.50 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$19.50 per hour
Job Bank postings in Alberta, Jan–Sep 2026
98
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$19.00

Employers in Provost

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Provost
23
Positions on positive LMIAs in Provost
93
This employer's share
11.83%
Top occupations in Provost
  1. Retail sales supervisors10
  2. Cashiers10
  3. Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale6
  4. Cooks6
  5. Food service supervisors5
  6. Livestock labourers4

Among LMIA employers

Provost Packers Ltd has 11 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #16,888 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #2,254 of 29,436 in Alberta. Its main occupation, Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale, accounts for 4,532 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.13% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
16,888 of 151,287
Rank in Alberta
2,254 of 29,436
Positions nationally, NOC 65202
4,532
This employer's share
0.13%
Positions by occupation
  1. Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale6
  2. Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers1
  3. Labourers in food and beverage processing1